Marie Donnio
2021
Murderous Maids
Jean-Pierre Denis
Julie-Marie Parmentier, Sylvie Testud
Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter. Christine Papin and Léa Papin are sisters with an already troubled past. Madame Lancelin takes them into her home and employs the girls as maids. Christine sees in Madame Lancelin an ideal mother figure — in spite of her severity. But their wretched background — an indifferent mother and drunken abusive father — casts a shadow over the girls and over time their ill-fated situation darkens. The sisters withdraw into themselves and finish by committing the worst — killing Madame Lancelin and her daughter after six years of service, on the 2 February 1933 in Le Mans.
Murderous Maids
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Marie Donnio
Olivier Brun, Marie Donnio
Hugues, in his thirties, is unable to settle down, like a free electron. He turns around Muriel, a young woman who refuses to accept him, finding him too unstable. One day, he meets Florette, another young woman who leads him to an association fighting against evictions. He immediately gets involved and proves to Muriel and to himself that he is capable of commitment. But when it comes to the compromises that building a relationship requires, he squanders his chances, preferring his freedom.
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